{"id":20942,"date":"2020-10-03T15:40:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T19:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carilec.org\/?p=20942"},"modified":"2020-10-03T18:10:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T22:10:40","slug":"wartsila-appoints-hakan-agnevall-as-next-president-and-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/wartsila-appoints-hakan-agnevall-as-next-president-and-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 appoints H\u00e5kan Agnevall as next President and CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"

H\u00e5kan Agnevall<\/p><\/div>\n

W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4\u2019s Board of Directors has appointed H\u00e5kan Agnevall, born 1966, M.Sc. (Tech), MBA, as the new President and CEO for W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 Corporation. Mr Agnevall will commence in his role no later than in April 2021. He will succeed Jaakko Eskola, who will continue as a senior advisor to the Board and executive team until he retires on June 30, 2021.<\/p>\n

H\u00e5kan Agnevall is currently President of Volvo Bus Corporation within Volvo Group, a position he has held since 2013. In the decade prior to that he held various leadership positions in Bombardier and in ABB, gaining valuable experience in sales, production, project management, research and development, as well as in lifecycle services globally.<\/p>\n

\u201dH\u00e5kan Agnevall, a highly appreciated leader, has a proven record of developing organisations and businesses with a strong focus on customers, technology, and people. His experience within the Volvo Group on pioneering\u00a0electrification and autonomous vehicles will strengthen our activities in corresponding areas\u201d, says Tom Johnstone, Chairman of the Board of W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 Corporation. \u201dH\u00e5kan has the skills needed to accelerate W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4\u2019s activities in supporting and enabling our marine and energy customers on their journey towards more sustainable operations and business models.\u201d<\/p>\n

H\u00e5kan Agnevall comments: \u201dI am eagerly looking forward to joining W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 and its team of highly skilled and committed professionals. I believe that W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 can make a real difference for its stakeholders and the society through innovation, focusing on sustainability and operational performance. The technology trends in clean energy, automation, and connectivity offer exciting new business opportunities, and W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 is very well placed to be a leading player in the marine and energy markets of the future.”<\/p>\n

\u201dOn behalf of the Board I want to take this opportunity to sincerely thank Jaakko for his considerable contribution during his 22 years with the Group. During his leadership of W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 as President & CEO over the last five years, W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 has developed into a smart technology company for the marine and energy markets\u201d, says Tom Johnstone.<\/p>\n

W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 Corporation
\nBoard of Directors<\/p>\n

For further information, please contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tom Johnstone
\nChairman of the Board of Directors
\nW\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 Corporation
\nTel +358 10 709 5282<\/p>\n

Atte Palom\u00e4ki
\nExecutive Vice President, Communications & Branding
\nW\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 Corporation
\nTel +358 10 709 5599
\natte.palomaki@wartsila.com<\/p>\n

For investor information, please contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Natalia Valtasaari
\nVice President, Investor Relations
\nTel: +358 10\u00a0709 5637
\nnatalia.valtasaari@wartsila.com<\/p>\n

W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 in brief<\/strong>
\nW\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 is a global leader in smart technologies and complete lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. By emphasising sustainable innovation, total efficiency and data analytics, W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 maximises the environmental and economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its customers. In 2019, W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4\u2019s net sales totalled EUR 5.2 billion with approximately 19,000 employees. The company has operations in over 200 locations in more than 80 countries around the world. W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.
\nwww.wartsila.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4\u2019s Board of Directors has appointed H\u00e5kan Agnevall, born 1966, M.Sc. (Tech), MBA, as the new President and CEO for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,76],"tags":[3237],"class_list":["post-20942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-other-news","tag-wartsila"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/wartsila_Sponsor-Medal-706x1024.png","month_date":"Oct","day_date":"3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/4149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}